al-jazeera. iraq's president threatens to resign he will not appoint a prime minister rejected by protesters. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkey lays out the next steps towards sending troops to tripoli. hit by corruption cases and to repeat election 5 years israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. and we'll hear from an indigenous brazilian tribe embracing amazon development saying they can't live frozen in time .

iraq's president says he would rather quit the name and you pride minister rejected by protesters. refusing to designate the nominee of an iran backed parliamentary bloc in a letter to parliament barm seles said out of my team just to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name. dani as a candidate for the next prime minister. in baghdad she explains what might happen next. it's clear that the president is not willing to carry out what has been laid out as his duties in the constitution the constitution is very clear the largest ruling bloc in parliament has so nominate a name and that person becomes the caretaker prime minister until the country is ready to hold elections but since the ruling bloc is the group which is a group that's known to be allied with iran their candidates have all been rejected and this is the 3rd one that has been rejected by not only the president but

various other coalition groups in parliament as well as the people on the streets they say that they don't want any candidate that is before us by a politician by a political group rather they want somebody who is independent now the president has now chosen to submit this letter in which he stresses that if he is to carry out his constitutional duties he will be going against the wishes of the people on the streets and that is not something that he's willing to do so what he's essentially done is put the ball back in the court of parliament to force them to understand his position has been under tremendous amount of pressure but we know that he has been supporting the demonstrators on the street he also has the backing of the clerical establishment in iraq so we think this will be seen as a maneuver for him to try and dissolve parliament that possibly call for early elections which is something the highest cleric in iraq has also called for ayatollah grand ayatollah ali sistani during friday sermons last week his representative in karbala said that there must be early elections held so this is

all happening in an effort to make that a possibility the president has now left baghdad we've heard from various sources that he's back in his home town until the parliament decides what to do next but for now they have to decide whether or not to accept his position and that is that he will not accept this candidate who is the governor of basra because there is such opposition to him and his record because basra is one of the poorest provinces in. iraq while it is actually home to 70 percent of iraq's oil reserves so there's a lot of allegations against this governor and that is why this candidate has not been accepted by anybody specifically the president himself so he's now put himself in a position where he says it's really not up to me anymore it is up to parliament to decide what to do next turkey's president says he plans to send troops to libya with the tripoli based administration saying it will request military support if the conflict escalates turkey says it wants to support libya's internationally

recognized government which has been under a bad long offensive by forces loyal to warlord who for half the president. says he will present a bill on the deployment to parliament in january from the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libya's legitimate government against the coup plotter who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share maritime border lines in the mediterranean sea once the parliament comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on the security cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it. in a moment we'll hear from bob moon up there wired in tripoli about what the government is saying their 1st cabinet door explains developments in turkey once

the new year begins president on cécile take a bill to parliament that is going to not only also rise the deployment of troops but also give a monday of what they can and can't do once that lloyd in libya so that is what is happening right now but again this is something that has got to regional implications with tension already rising between turkey and greece on one side as well as cyprus because of the energy reserves in the eastern mediterranean sea so it is going to have region or medications. they say they are in need of military commanders to run the battles on the ground especially during the past few days after half of those forces have advanced and taken control of throughout egypt locations in southern tripoli including get a military camps strategic military camps in southern tripoli helped by russian

mercenaries from the wagner company in order for turkey to send troops to their d.n.a. it needs a new mend day because the agreement signed with libya last month does not entail sending troops in fact it only entails military and security cooperation which that includes military equipment and navy vessels maybe and also logistics but it does not entail sending get troops there is why odone is stressing on an official request from the d.n.a. is a must for the turkish government to send to send it to his troops to fire it along with the government of national accord to defend the capital tripoli against have to his forces. the mexican government is appealing to the international

criminal court after a series of disputes with bolivia mexico has accused bolivian police of spying on its diplomatic personnel in the past that's after a grote informal bolivian president evo morales those asylum when he resigned following a disputed presidential election. police in india being accused of using an authorized and excessive force against protesters at u. dealers jamir university around 2 weeks ago an independent investigation by civil rights group found offices indiscriminately beat demonstrators destroyed public property and arrested people on lawfully police are also accused of intimidating and firing on protesters in order pradesh where 18 people were killed the demonstrations are against a new citizenship law that's been labelled as anti muslim. and thousands of protesters in various cities have joined the latest protest against them or dozens of arrests have been made after protesters chanted slogans against prime minister

narendra modi whose book is in. word johnny in many years to me a university in the capital new delhi and that is the police response to the protests that took place here soon also the citizenship law was passed maybe 2 weeks ago that led to protests breaking out at universities around the country not just against the citizenship but to the police mr holmes to the protests and the fact finding team that looks at the response says that police entered campuses unlawfully that they broke the law broke c.c.t.v. cameras that their social security guards they say that they are students that they unlawfully detained many people destroyed property that was not in. control and that they used excessive force tear gas to protest this with passions to stop the valley from reaching parliament the fact finding team has said similar tactics

were used in the stage of what 18 people were killed in protests last week now we'll hear from thomas a little moody he has only condemned what he said was violence on the possible criticism he said that students have an obligation to keep university safe and that protest has unleashed were endangering public safety so the government very much defiant in the face of criticism. syrian activists near freezing temperatures a slowing the government's offensive while the last rebel held province of idlib the forgings 4th 130000 civilians from their homes this month many into by shift camps the region has suffered weeks of artillery bombardment and is strikes by the syrian government and its russian. many syrians are on the move north towards the turkish border but the turkish president. has warned that his country can't cope with another influx of refugees from italy a province russian backed syrian government forces are now using focusing on

capturing the rebel held city of newman the area is key for damascus as it sits on an important motorway which links the capital to aleppo once syria's largest city and u.s. president donald trump has tweeted about the situation in libya saying russia syria and iran are killing or on their way to killing thousands of innocent civilians in italy province don't do it turkey is working hard to stop this college our white house correspondent kimberly halkett give some context around the timing of trump's tweet. this tweet from the u.s. president comes on the heels of statements by the u.n. secretary general where there has been a very strongly worded statement regarding the military escalation the concern about the impact on civilians and also the call for sort of a sation in the violence in terms of the hostilities given the fact that those

impacted have been children so there is a concern sort of the world is watching at the u.n. level you add to that that the u.s. congress has been also watching very closely the escalating violence in fact so much so it pushed through a pentagon budget that included very tough sanctions against syria russia and also iran for alleged war crimes the president signed that into law on friday so it appears that this is on his mind and you have to remember in the context of this is the fact that the united states has already launched air strikes in syria on 2 occasions once in 2017 once and 2800 so there's no other way to read this except that the u.s. president has essentially alerted the world and the countries involved putting them essentially on notice that if people are questioning the relationship of the united states president invited the turkish president to washington last month there was also a bilateral offsite unplanned unscheduled meeting that took place in london at those

nato meetings so there is real questioning about the relationship the loyalties of turkey and many people putting that into the microscope here in the united states looking at the president wondering with this tweet what are you doing. still ahead on al jazeera struggling to breathe in iran how long paula to fuel is being blamed for filling up hospital plus. it is a city of refugees stretching as far as the eye can see what is the future hold for these are they any closer to going home i'm stephanie decker in southeastern bangladesh will be looking at those questions coming up. how the weather remains slushy dry across the good parts of china senseless we'll see some bits and pieces of cloud and right we've got to take

a cloud somewhat weather sunny a possibility come further south into the philippines and we call very heavy rain coming in here is at typhoon typhoon prime on which is continuing to make its way into the south china sea a legacy of showers rolling in behind on the north easterly winds there further heavy downpours through friday saturday this little $1.00 to $2.00 showers a possibility we'll see some sort of luzon but it's an improving situation by the end showers will drive the whites will central parts of vietnam central areas of china was a c. one of 2 sad but in the southeast lots of fine and dry a lot of fog and dry weather across south asia at the moment we have got thick area class through central parts of india could just catch one or 2 coastal showers into the eastern sadil sri lanka maybe also towards that he says out of into tools addition pushing up into under protest on the cold side temperatures in kolkata the red 18 degrees celsius further north new delhi really feeling that cold weather

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you're watching al-jazeera he's a reminder about top stories iraq's president says he'd rather beside the minister who is rejected by protesters is refusing to support the nominee put forward by the largest parliamentary block which is backed by iran. turkey's president says he plans to send troops to support libya's internationally recognized government if the conflict escalates to tripoli by stood ministration has been under a months long offensive by forces loyal to warlord police have to. make skin government is appealing to the international criminal court of justice accusing bolivian police of spying on its diplomatic personnel in the past that's off the ground for believing the president if asylum when he resigned. strikes of the pension reforms continue to disrupt travel across france the demonstrations are now

entering the 4th which up to 80 percent of trying services have been cancelled or powers the national rail operator says it's already lost more than 420000000. members of israel's liquid party have voting for a new leader this is the 1st major challenge to kid prime minister benjamin netanyahu after more than a decade in power that turned politician didn't hope to unseat netanyahu claiming he is better positioned to form a government that in yahoo remains popular among the party. of yours truly we cannot let the rain and the wind our spirit is stronger than the wind outside. i ask you i ask you we walk together and we brought about great things to the country and in order for us to continue bringing about great things to the country we need to go vote for me for you i mean i feel a great awakening of voters in the field people understand that today there is

a need for a change and god willing together we will make this change today. the test of war now from west jerusalem. in april there were fireworks and a jubilant crowd as prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife took the stage to celebrate winning the largest number of seats in the israeli election. tonight is a night of an immense victory 5 months later in front of a sparse crowd a somber netanyahu addressed supporters once again after winning the most seats but failing for a 2nd time to form a government. there can't be and won't be a government that leans on the arab parties since then netanyahu has become the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted for bribery fraud and popular breach of trust charges he says are politically motivated now he's fighting to retain control of

his likud party. on thursday more than 100000 likud party members will decide if they'll put their support. behind the man who's become the longest serving prime minister in israeli history. or if it's time for new leadership former interior and education minister gideon sar is vying to replace him i think that it's a very good thing that the likud had the primaries i think that. had the courage to confront and i think it's a good indicator that the days are. his last days in power but netanyahu has popularity has remained consistent among his base the economy has been good and the security situation is stable during that in yahoo's more than 13 years in power he's transformed israeli politics and shifted the

country to the right some say he's divided the population and it is a battle against corruption charges he's attempted to deal a generalized law enforcement the judiciary and the media at work all over the world this populism. using. claiming that the courts. are there elites are after me a member. of the people and also you have to remember that at least from the point of view of the right wing you know it was a very successful by days and is really so find out if he can pull off another victory even if he does he faces another challenge on tuesday the supreme court will rule on whether an indicted prime minister is even allowed to form a government natasha going to aim al-jazeera west jerusalem. the un is condemning

an artillery attack on a market in northern yemen from across the border in saudi arabia the saudis are commenting on the cross border shelling which killed at least 17 people including 12 ethiopian migrants the the 3rd attack within a month on the same market inside a province won't go unpunished. the iranian government is denying low quality fuel is to blame for causing a pollution hospitals are treating thousands of iranians with breathing difficulties small going the capital tehran has forced a week long shutdown of schools and kindergartens said by reports. toxic smog hangs over the schools and kindergartens have been closed for a week children and people with respiratory problems have been told to stay indoors . at a high altitude and is surrounded by a mountain range which can trap polluted air the government says it's investing millions of dollars to reduce pollution but many here believe it's the quality of fuel in vehicles that's causing the problem the government insists it's not like

this is. the environment department earlier said that gasoline share in an air pollution is minimal the fuels type is not the issue the pollution created for example by nonstandard motorcycles as i'm told the pollution by a motorcycle is equivalent to 7 vehicles and we have many nonstandard motorcycles but on the streets of the city many are not convinced by. the government should be kind to us and improve the quality of our fuel then we can breathe more easily you don't feel like you're breathing in oxygen at all. if it's not fuel then what is it maybe there are natural factis but the major reason is the lead in our kathleen. pollution is the daily story of children in tehran every night they are waiting to hear that schools are closed tomorrow this pollution is very serious look at people who are wearing a mask and compre they will talk pollution is also taking its toll on the health

service with more people being treated in hospital for breathing problems stress that support the life more than 60 percent of cars in the streets are old ones 20 years or more they should be replaced with new models these old cars are even worse than the new low quality types produced by domestic auto makers if we can replace these worn out old cars with. hybrid or electronic cars we can get rid of this pollution or if we were not under sanctions we could easily import by quality spare parts and get rid of the situation many in france say they have no choice but to live under this great cloud at this time of year you should be able to see the snow capped mountains that surround the front but the behind back there of smog iranians are not only concerned about the health implications of the pollution but also that is robbing them of the idyllic skyline aside baig al-jazeera the iran protesters in hong kong have been gathering for the 3rd day in shopping malls across the city over the christmas holiday police stormed this mall as protesters chanted

anti-government slogans to disrupt shops and restaurants several people were arrested. with 2019 coming to a close we're looking ahead to the stories shorter make headlines in the new year good news is something that 3 quarters of a 1000000 in bangladesh need the 1st of a series different take a report from cox's bazaar where rohingya refugees remain stuck while me and leaders deny the genocidal campaign which drove them there 2 years ago. the forest is slowly growing back even starting to outgrow the huts it's now sherry's these hills with this tree used to be the only reminder of the thick canopy cut down to make way for the hundreds of thousands of ringer who fled what you see here was a forest preserve 3 years ago it's taken a multinational effort by different agencies together with the bangladeshi government to host almost 900000 people on this challenging terrain but what

happens now this is the 3rd year of the rowing go crisis the 1st year was all about saving lives and the 2nd year was about stabilizing the situation in the camp that you see and i would say about the 3rd year really has to be about preserving people's hold and their dignity for the year for the future and when we look at the hills of myanmar just over there that's where people want to go that's what they tell us they want to repatriate but multiple attempts to start a voluntary repatriation program this failed no one here trust the me and my government will ensure their safety it hasn't allowed any observers to visit the red areas and bangladesh has made it clear it can't host them forever. for the refugees there is a lot of time to think. is the father of 3 of the children. he was i was attacking living here now for almost 2 and a half years somehow we are managing and for that we're really grateful to all those who are helping us but we are deeply concerned about our children's future

and their education although we are getting by but if we end up staying here longer than it is very likely our freedom and movement will be more restricted. there are already restrictions here during the conti of the camps nor access the main roads after dark and recently the military has started to build a fence around the camps perimeter the local bangladeshi population is also becoming frustrated with the refugees the situation is not sustainable in the long term but there seems to be little international pressure on me and more to change it it's almost 2 and a half years on and still no one has been held to account for what happened to the rangar these camps are the families of some of the world capital cities but what everyone has a story of tragedy and trauma it seems the world the simply accepted that this is just the way it is this vast landscape of refugees hidden away in far south eastern bangladesh is simply a new reality it's a reality no one here wants to accept with their lives on hold everyone wants to go

home mean mars mountains can be seen from all across these camps but as things stand for now it may as well be a world away stephanie decker in the running a refugee camps of southeastern bangladesh 2025 years of conflict in yemen the war has killed thousands displaced more than 3000000 people in part 2 of our series on next year's biggest stories examines the prospects for peace that's coming up on friday december 27th. competing forces in brazil all want to exploit the rainforest president jiah balls and has already bore land for farming and development at indigenous groups want a slice of the lucrative agribusiness to as we see in human reports. which means thick forest is a state in central brazil twice the size of california and better known today for

its endless fields of crops and cows. but there's still a lot of tropical forests left including income. the 15000 square kilometer indigenous reserve says of the book it's here that we meet a. leader of the national indigenous farmers association like most tribes the predecease used to live from subsistence farming but now they're growing and selling soya and other grains for export it is just the homes are pregnant women were losing their babies from lack of food children were malnourished but after 15 years of producing greens our lives have changed now we have lots of food the project is giving us sustainability that was. good and his tribe who earlier this year received a visit from the agriculture and environmental ministers of the role model for

president jade also not his vision for integrating brazil's indigenous communities into mainstream society the project has been vilified by other indigenous groups and many environmentalists who argue that they will lose their culture and for their destroy the amazon canal disagrees that you're lost on the circle route you know we're in the 21st century of course our culture traditions and identity are important but we can't remain frozen in time indeed these days this traditional palm leaf house is used mostly for meetings guests and religious ceremonies i. outside of the reserves the president is also giving the green light to expand brazil's agricultural frontier this red sample is cotton in fact almost everything that's profitable grows here brazil is already the world leader in soybean sugarcane in beef and among the top 3 corn producers but in order for the abbey business to continue to expand it needs more and more land which explains why the

brazilian amazon is so coveted. paradoxically brazil's king of soybean is concerned about a global backlash. the president has taken a mistaken approach but i think our mistakes in the agribusiness sectors concerns of a possible boycott against our products may make them realize while the amazon is sovereign brazilian territory it's also needed by the entire world. that the reserves. many foreign governments of expecting indigenous tribes to remain naked eating ants in the forest he explains they using only 1.7 percent of their territory to grow soya another grains for export he insists they don't need more at least for now to see and human al-jazeera company. brazil.

the final solar eclipse of the decade has wild sky watchers all over southern asia the phenomenon lasted about 3 hours the so-called annual or eclipse or ring of fire was seen along the path stretching from india and pakistan to thailand and indonesia it only happens when the moon isn't close enough to earth to completely obscure the south. this is al jazeera these are the top stories iraq's president says he'd rather reside in the name of prime minister who is rejected by protesters. is refusing to support the nominee put forward by the largest parliamentary bloc which is backed by iran turkey's president says he plans to send troops to support libya's internationally recognized government if the conflict escalates the tripoli basted ministration has been under a month long offensive by forces loyal to warlord. from the beginning we have

objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libya's legitimate government against the coup plotter who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share a maritime border lines in the mediterranean sea once the parliament comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on the security cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it the mexican government is appealing to the international court of justice accusing bolivian police of spying on this diplomatic personnel in the past that's after granted former believe you and president asylum when he resigned . police in india are being accused of using an authorized that excessive force against protesters an investigation by a civil rights group found offices indiscriminately beat demonstrators destroyed

public property and arrested people. strikes of a pension reforms continue to disrupt travel across france the demonstrations are now entering the 4th week up to 80 percent of train services have been cancelled in paris members of israel's liquid party of voting for a new leader this is the 1st major challenge to caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu after more than a decade in power veteran politician gideon sock claims he is better positioned to form a government those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after.

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